Last night {the operative word being *night*…that’s why the lighting in some of the following pictures isn’t the greatest} Handy Hubby was kind enough to hang the DIY ‘love’ headboard. Yep. It’s only taken us 6 weeks to finally get it on the wall. Handy Hubby used these flush mount hangers from ACE Hardware to mount the headboard. {They’re the same ones he used to hang our boys’ drop cloth headboards.}

He screwed 2 hangers into the back of the headboard.

And he screwed 2 into the wall.

Here he demonstrates how they fit together. Basically, they slide into one another for a nice, flush mount.

And here’s the headboard/wall art in place when it was all said and done.

This morning I got a chance to wash/make the bed, dust and vacuum after all the sanding, drilling and spackling that’s been going on in there. Here are some better truer-to-real-life shots of the Love Bed. Did I mention I now refer to our bed as the Love Bed? Silly me.

While Handy Hubby was on a hanging roll, I got him to hang the new mirror between the windows too. Since he already had his tools out and all. {He’s awesome.} Remember this mirror?

Here’s its new home.

I love the way the shimmery fandelier reflects in the mirror. Double the fun. Once I complete {ahem, start} the chair slipcover, my next task will be dressing the empty bookcases. Well, they aren’t exactly empty.

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Holy crap! Holy… crap!! That headboard is AMAZING. And I’m really not just staying that because I love your blog. If I saw that in a store, it would make me stop dead in my tracks. And… it’s ORIGINAL!!! I feel like everything is a duplicate of something else that is copied these days. I just stinking ADORE IT!

me again! so I did some blog research and found out the paint is suitable brown. Does it look tan in the day and gray in the night? or is it just my computer screen? Thank so much!! Working on my master bedroom re-do also and looking for a wall color!

Shunta – Yes, the wall that the bed is against is a much darker, browner color than the rest of the bedroom walls. I wanted a focal wall. It’s Sherwin Williams Suitable Brown. {The rest of the room is Valspar -Lowe’s- Bonsai.} It never looks tan, so it’s probably just coming off that way because I did have to lighten the photos a little for the blog. It’s a great deep, rich, muddy gray-brown. We get a LOT of natural light in our bedroom, so this dark of a color is easy to pull off. Not sure how it’d do in a room that is already dark naturally. Also, just doing one wall in it makes it not as heavy as if we’d have done it on all the walls. In a room with a lot of light, this color would do great on all the walls.

Oh my goodness, this post helps me out so much! Not only do I LOVE everything you’ve done, but you’ve just solved my dilemma of how to hang my headboard without actually having to attach it to the bed frame! I never even thought about flush mount hangers – I had found an old window pane door at a garage sale for $10 and trimmed it down on the ends, painted it, but haven’t been able to figure out how to hang it properly so its been sitting in storage since summer. Thanks Dana!

Your bedroom looks beautiful!!! I LOVE the Love Bed. And, if you ever decide you don’t want it as a headboard, you can hang it somewhere else. Bonus! I’m also on the hunt for the perfect warm grey, so I might have to swing by SW to pick up a swatch.

the headboard, of course, is an absolute stunner! is it strange that I’m also excited about those wall hangers? I’ve never seen those before, and they look like a great option for hanging things over spaces where a picture hanger might not be enough (like over a bed or a kid’s desk)….

I LOVE the way the headboard turned out – it looks amazing! I was seriously unsure about that mirror when you showed it before. It’s lovely, but I couldn’t picture it. However, it looks so, SO great there! You have a true vision!

Ohhhh …. nice. Very nice. And how much do I love the yellow and gray? That’s what our bedroom is. Well, mostly gray. We’re working on playing up the yellow part. I have a few DIY projects on the to-do list.

I *heart* the headboard. Like others have already said, it is reminiscent of Anthropologie. It could have been featured in Domino (rest in peace.) Kudos!

What I’d really like to know is your source for the paper (wallpaper?) in the bookcases.

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Hi, I just stumbled on your blog and instantly love it. Your bedroom is beautiful. I love yellow with anything. Thank you for all the lovely pics. I’m a new mom (my daughter is 4 months old) and feel like having a pretty house will never happen again now that motherhood seems to take up most of my time. I’m encouraged to see that even after kids I can get to a point where I can make my house pretty again. Thanks!

O my Gosh Love your bedroom!!!! Love the headboard & the colors what color is the ruffled pillow ? love the grey & yellow together. I have been wanting to redo my bedroom was going to do it in all different whites but i really love your colors.My sweet savannah has you bedroom posted on her blog, thank you melaine!!! now i have a new blog that i love. Thank you for all your ideas. Sherry

i am loving the headboard idea for my son’s big boy room. i have a question if you don’t mind… is it rough, could it give little fingers splinters? would it just need to be sanded to protect it fingers?

Jamie – The headboard is not splintery at all. In fact, it’s very smooth even though it has a rough hewn look to it. Handy Hubby sanded it with a heavy duty belt sander and pressure washed it. That being said, it’s not any more comfortable than sitting up against a plain wall. But we aren’t ‘sit-in-bed-and-read people. We usually read lying down in bed or sitting on the couch. The only *problem* I’ve run into is dusting…as in the headboard getting dust mark on pillows if they lean up against it. {They wash out easily in the laundry.} To avoid this, we hung the headboard several inches above the bed and make our bed with the back-most pillows lying flat on the bed…which I prefer anyway because it lends a more clean & simple feel. You probably wouldn’t want to lean up against a headboard like this because of the dusting not splintering. OR you could always finish the entire thing with a matte polyurethane. Hope that helps you out!

The Crafty Side of Life – You can’t ‘follow’ House*Tweaking as you would in Blogger, but you can subscribe to my RSS feed by clicking the orange heart in the sidebar under ‘Out & About.’ You’ll be notified in your feeder whenever there’s a new post. Hope that helps!

I’m just in awe…I’ve now taken the complete house tour, and I absolutely LOVE your style and creativity! This is so similar to what mills around in my head, but never gets out–your house is the perfect balance of modern/vintage/comfy family home…great job! I will definitely be signing up for your RSS feed. Thanks for sharing!

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Hi Dana, I’m Dana :)
Love the headboard. Found you through Whisper Wood Cottage.
I’m hoping that hubby will be completely inspired by the Love bed, and that we can do a dark rustic distressed version – with lots of dings and dents in it.

I love your room. I am very curious about your ceiling fan and lighting kit. Is the lighting kit you used meant for ceiling fans? I have been trying to find a way to take the my daughters chandelier and add it as a lighting kit for a ceiling fan (can’t bear to lose the bling in the sky just yet).

[…] We got started on painting our bedroom last week. Got the walls partially primed and ready for actual paint. We still have a ways to go with painting but we’ll get there. Since both my husband and I work freelance, our hours are often long (read crazy) and unpredictable and this really stifles our nesting progress. Luckily, we’re in no particular rush, other than the fact that we would love to move on to the next project. On a happy note, we received our Tempurpedic Cloud mattress yesterday and we’re super excited about that. I can’t wait to sleep on it and all of its memory foamy goodness. Now all we need is a bed! Which brings me to this post. About a week ago, we were pretty much set on purchasing this headboard and this bed frame from West Elm but then I saw this guy over on Grey Likes Nesting via House*Tweaking: […]

Hi! I loved this headboard and the closet. Congratulation for this good work. When I have my own house (today me and my husband live with my parents.) I’ll make like this for us.
I liked very much your site.
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Angie – The duvet cover is from IKEA with a plain down comforter inside. I wash it often and add a touch of bleach to the wash every once in a while but not all the time. I like the white because it actually makes the bed look light and clean…not what you’d expect, I know. The wool patterned throw is also from IKEA.

I just came across your site through Stumble Upon and am your newest follower! I’ve seen this headboard all over the web and have actually featured it on my site, but never knew the original source – YAY, I found you!! It’s incredible – love it!!!

I was wondering where you got the “fandalier.” LOL! I’ve never heard of that before. I absolutely love it! I live in Florida so we always need fans…and the attached light kit would look great in my bedroom. Thanks so much. BTW, in the process of making the headboard from cattle fence from my husband’s late grandfather’s house.

Hi! I found you on Every Creative Endevor. I LOVE your headboard! It’s so simple and gorgeous! I also noticed the pillows on the bed. I especially love the yellow ruffled one. I was wondering if you have a post on it? I’m trying to make some pillows right now and that one is so pretty and fun!! Thanks for sharing!

I absolutely LOVE all of your designs. My boyfriend and I just bought our first house and I am really hoping to incorporate a lot of your ideas. My biggest problem right now is finding CURTAINS for our bedroom windows. We have a gray wall (it’s call dolphin fin) and then like a deep brown sunburst type of wall decor I want to hang in between the windows. I am looking for a white or gray color curtains. Where did you get yours?

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Hey I absolutely live this!!! Two questions for you:
1) what is the colour you used for love?
2) what type of wood did you use? If barn wood, which is so hard to find any other suggestions??
Thank you!!

Love, love, love your design!! I have been wanting to change my color scheme to gray and yellow but I’m worried about it clashing with my espresso-colored bedroom furniture. Should I just go for it? :)

Hi there!! I have just found your blog this evening & WOW!, do I ever love it! I am especially enamored of this headboard….it is just so…….awesome (not nearly a good enough word for it, but it sort of leaves me speechless). I am a true hippie chick….to the bone…& this fits right in with my decor, my lifestyle, & my outlook on life. So thank you for giving me a great idea for a headboard that I can make myself. I have looked at stores & everything is so cookie cutter &/or generic…no personality at all. I’d rather have no headboard than one of those. (ick) I also adore the mirror. It’s beautiful & elegant, yet you can tell it would fit in with an eclectic decor as well. Anyway, do you have a tutorial for the mirror as well? If so, I would love to check it out. If not, you should! (lol) Thanks for sharing your wonderfully creative ideas with us….it helps jog my somewhat slower creative juices into motion (ha ha) Peace, love & a beautifully abundant life!

Love the headboard, and I need some of those flush mount hangers! I have a headboard that my kids keep knocking down since it’s for our daybed-couch setup… Smart!

Also, I work with Cassity over at Remodelaholic and we are hosting Headboard Week and a big headboard link party that we’d love to have you come join! You can join the party here — we’re picking our favorites to feature on Saturday: http://www.remodelaholic.com/2014/06/headboard-week/

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